The Finnish Heritage Agency

Tomorrow’s cultural heritage is created today. Together. We accumulate, maintain and showcase culture-historical national heritage, and preserve, produce and convey information.

Cultural Heritage

Faro seminar inspired cultural heritage work in the Baltic Sea region

On 19-20 September 2024, the Finnish Heritage Agency, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, organised a seminar to...

Finnish Heritage Agency

The Finnish Heritage Agency’s co-operation negotiations lead to a reduction in services, the closure of museums and extensive layoffs

The Finnish Heritage Agency’s co-operation negotiations have been concluded.

International Activities

Torne River dipnetting culture to be prepared for nomination for UNESCO’s list jointly by Finland and Sweden

Finland's next element to be inscribed on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity concerns the dipnet fishing...

Finnish Heritage Agency

Education and Culture Administration 2030 reform project: the Finnish Heritage Agency and the Governing Body of Suomenlinna would merge into a single agency

The Ministry of Education and Culture has 20.12.2023 announced the progress of the reform of the administrative sector 2030...

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Handcrafted glass know-how the latest Finnish inscription on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, convening in Botswana, has inscribed the knowledge, craft and...

International Activities

General notification: consultation on the Hague inventory target list

On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Finnish Heritage Agency has drawn up an inventory of...

Archaeology

Stone Age moose head axe found in Kuusamo – one of the most significant prehistoric finds in Finland

In May 2023, a very rare archaeological find was made in Kuusamo: the poll part of a moose head...

European cultural heritage

Finland's first European Heritage Label for Seminaarinmäki campus in Jyväskylä and equal education

The European Commission awarded the European Heritage Label to the Seminaarinmäki campus of the University of Jyväskylä at its...

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The cultural environment

The environment shows traces of human activities and interaction with...

Collection and Information Services

Museum Sector Development

The Finnish Heritage Agency promotes cooperation between museums, relays information,...

The Finnish Heritage Agency

News

Faro seminar inspired cultural heritage work in the Baltic Sea region

The Finnish Heritage Agency’s co-operation negotiations lead to a reduction in services, the closure of museums and extensive layoffs

Seminar: How to put the beauty of faro principles into practice?

3D model of Petäjävesi Old Church published

Action Plan for Intangible Cultural Heritage leading the way to 2028

Torne River dipnetting culture to be prepared for nomination for UNESCO’s list jointly by Finland and Sweden

Education and Culture Administration 2030 reform project: the Finnish Heritage Agency and the Governing Body of Suomenlinna would merge into a single agency

Handcrafted glass know-how the latest Finnish inscription on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

General notification: consultation on the Hague inventory target list

Stone Age moose head axe found in Kuusamo – one of the most significant prehistoric finds in Finland

Finland's first European Heritage Label for Seminaarinmäki campus in Jyväskylä and equal education

Services

The cultural environment

Collection and Information Services

Museum Sector Development

Museum Services